A phone number from South Africa starts with +27. No code, no charge: a South African number that never receives one costs you nothing. Pick South Africa in SMS For U, enter the +27 number where the service asks for one, and the code appears in your account seconds after it is sent. Behind South Africa stands a catalogue of 1,400 services, and you never have to be in South Africa to use one of its numbers.
How you get your code
- Open SMS For U and search for the service you want to verify.
- Pick South Africa from the list of countries the app shows for that service.
- Confirm, and the number from South Africa is yours straight away.
- Enter the number from South Africa where the service asks for a phone number and request the code.
- The code appears in SMS For U on its own. Copy it across.
Services
These are the services people most often verify with a +27 number from South Africa, and they are the ones the app puts first. Each has a page of its own explaining what it wants a number for and when it asks. Behind them the catalogue carries 1,400 services, most of which also take a South African number.
- Amazon
- Discord
- Microsoft
- ChatGPT
- Telegram
- TikTok
- Tinder
- Uber
- Airbnb
- AliExpress
- Apple
- Badoo
- BlaBlaCar
- Bolt
- Bumble
- Deliveroo
- eBay
- Glovo
- Gojek
- Grab
and 1,376 more services in the app — All services
Why a phone number is asked for
Numbers from South Africa carry the dialling code +27, so the service you are signing up to sees a South African number and treats the account accordingly. A +27 number matters wherever a service varies its content or its shipping options by country, and it matters nowhere else — for a plain sign-up the only thing that counts is that the South African number receives the SMS. You do not have to be in South Africa yourself: a +27 number is reachable wherever you are. Which services can be verified with a South African number at a given moment changes through the day, because ranges of numbers are used up and refilled, so that list lives in the app rather than on this page.
Common questions
What is the dialling code of South Africa?
+27. Every number we hand out for South Africa begins with it, and that is what the service you are signing up to sees.
Do I have to be in South Africa to use the number?
No. A +27 number is reachable wherever you are. The only thing that has to be true is that the service you are verifying accepts a number from South Africa.
Which services work with a number from South Africa?
The ones listed on this page are the ones people reach for most with a +27 number; the catalogue carries 1,400 in total. Which of them can be verified from South Africa at this moment is shown in the app, because that changes through the day.
What if no code arrives on my South African number?
You do not pay for a South African number that brought no code. Cancel the order in the app, and the payment is refunded once the cancellation is confirmed. There is no subscription: you pay per number, never per minute and never per month.